Dr. Xiaoqiu “Churchill” Wang earned his B.Sc in Animal Science and his first Ph.D. in nutrition from China Agricultural University and then a second Ph.D. in reproductive biology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Wang joined the Animal Science Faculty at NC State University, after a Postdoctoral Fellowship at NIEHS. He has developed a research program focused on understanding the mechanisms that govern fertility and reproductive success in livestock and humans. His research program is supported by a team of students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, who benefit from his interdisciplinary expertise in nutritional biochemistry and reproductive physiology. Dr. Wang’s accomplishments include 54 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 34 invited presentations, 63 peer-reviewed abstracts, and 4.9 million dollars in funding. NC State recognized him as Goodnight Early Career Innovator (2022), and he was named “Rising Star in Reproduction Biology” (2024) by the Society for the Study of Reproduction.